Field research in mammalogy: An enterprise in peril

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1119-1128

  Hafner, Mark S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Fear of nature; Fieldwork; Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Natural history; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; FIELDWORK; HISTORY; RODENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); VIRAL DISEASE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; HANTAVIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 35548947624     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-S-139.1     Document Type: Review

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